Fountain-tank.



A. 'N. EATON. FOUNTAIN TANK.

APPLICATION IILBD MAB.17, 1911.

Patented June 11, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0.,WASHING'ION, D. c.

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ALBERT N. EATON, 0F OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. J unell, 1912.

Application filed March 17, 1911. Serial No. 615,029.

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, ALBERT N. EATON, a citizen of the United States, residin at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and tate of Nebraska, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements .in Fount-ain Tanks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention .relates to improvements in fountain tanks of the class employing float valves to automatically provide a uniform quantity of water for the use of poultry or stock, a conducting pipe being employed to connect the tank with a source of water supply.

The object of the invention is to provide a watering tank of sheet metal, so constructed that it may be disposed to advan-' tage horizontally for the purpose of cover-J ing a part of it with earth, straw, compost or manure toprevent freezing of the water.

The invention has reference to the employment of certain integral parts, the number of these parts being as few as possible, so that the tank may be constructed economically, and includes certain features relating to a drainage for the material used as a covering.

With these and other objects in view, as will be more particularly mentioned, the invention presents a novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein described and claimed, and as illustrated in the drawing wherein,-

Figure 1 is a plan view of the tank. Fig. 2 is a View. thereof in longitudinal section, a covering being also shown. 'Fig. 3 is a transverse section on linea a of Fig. 1, looking to the rear, and Fig. 4: is asimilar view to that shown in Fig. 3, looking to the front end of the tank. 1

Referring now to the drawing, for amore particular description, numeral 1 indicates an elongated container, rectangular receptacle or tank which may be constructed to advantage of sheet metal,the upper parts of its walls near their edges being provided with flat outwardly-projecting downwardly inclined flanges 2; the tank, preferably, has vertical ends 3, its bottom 4 being conoaved in form, and it may be supported upon suitable transverse braces 5 secured upon its bottom and sides, near its ends.

At 6 is indicated a casing, hood or cover having a length less than the length of the tank, said hood at its sides and rear end,

near its edges being provided with flanges 7, formed flat, and projecting-outwardly and inclined downwardly for a seating upon flanges 2.

At 8 is indicated a supporting bar disposed transversely upon receptacle 1, near its front end. i

v The front end of the hood is provided with the horizontal flange 9 with an upset terminal 10, these parts forming a transverse trough or valley at the front of the hood; flange 9 is supported upon bar 8 and may be secured thereto by rivets 11. The hoo d is formed, near its edges, with up wardly projecting or v outwardly curved walls 12 between flanges 7 and the body of the hood. The hood therefore provides an 1 air chamber 13 disposed above receptacle 1.

Suitable keepers or rivets 14 may be used forconnecting flanges 2 and 7, to secure the hood upon receptacle 1.

At 15 is indicated a drinking pan or receptacle, its sides and bottom conforming substantially to the curvature of the sides and bottom of receptacle 1, its front and rear ends 1 being respectively indicated at 16 and 17 The drinking pan has a length substanti ally equal to the distance between the supporting bar 8 and the front end wall of receptacle 1, and preferably itsjedges at its sides and front end are downturned to provide the flange 18 .adapted to be disposed upon the adjacent flanges of the tank to prevent impurities from passing therein. I do not limit myself to the use of flange18, however, and if the drinking pan is constructed of a proper size to fill the space between bar 8 and the adjacent end of receptacle 1, flange 18 may be dispensed with. The rear end of the drinking pan is provided with the intake port 19, near its upper edge. I Since this intake is near the upper terminal of the pan, any sand, gravel or other obj ectionable material which may enter the tank, may not pass into said pan.

At 20 is indicated a water supply pipe projecting within the containing chamber 21 of the tank, and upon the inner end of this pipe may be mounted any suitable floatvalve 22, the arm and float thereof being respectively indicated at 23-and 24.

In order to'prevent freezing of the water, the tank may be covered withany suitable non-conducting substance 25, as straw or manure, and thisjv material should be disposed upon the hood, and against the sides and rear end of the tank, that part of the vent a sliding movement of the pan 1ongi-- tudinally of receptacle 1. The article provides a very useful drinking fountain for stock, the float-valve operating automatically to provide a uniform supply of waterwithin the tank, the Water passing within the drinking pan or receptacle through intake port 19.

On account of the construction of the hood and inclined flanges 2 and 7, these parts operate as a Water shed to prevent inrpurities from passing within this part of the tank; and the trough or valley formed by flanges 9 and 10 tends to prevent the passage or drainage of impurities from the material 25 to the drinking receptacle; and the supports or braces 5 tend to sustain the tank in an upright position.

In operation, when the water in the drinking pan is removed or reduced to a point below intake 19 the buoyancy of this re ceptacle would tend to elevate or raise it from the tank, and this may be prevented by any suitable means, the means herein shown being the strap or detent bar 26, disposed longitudinally of thetank between the sides of the receptacle, the angular terminal 27 of its rear end engaging cross-bar 8, its front end being curved to form the spring-hook 28 for engagement with flange 2 of the tank, a suitable recess 29 being formed in wall 17 of the drinking pan, opening upon its upper edge, within which the strap 26 may be seated.

As thus described the water within the tank may be kept practically free from impurities which might beoccasioned by thematerial used for its covering; and inpractice, the entire tank may be covered withthe material except the part which contains the drinking pan.

The pan may be readily removed for the purpose of cleaning it, or for cleaning the tank, hook 28 being raised from its engagement with the flanges, and strap 26 being then removed for this purpose. Onaccount of the construction of the hood itwill sustain a considerable weight, and this is desirable for obvious reasons.

The tank may be manufactured economically. It is durable in use; and since a considerable volume of water and air is protected from the cold by the covering mentioned, freezing of water. in the exposed parts of the tank is generally prevented.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

1. A fountain tank comprising a body portion having downwardly and outwardly directed flanges extending entirely around its upper edge, a transverse bar extending across said body portion, a hood covering only a portion of said body, said hood having terminal'downwardly inclined flanges :bearing upon the flanges of the body portion at the rear of and at each side of the body portion, the forward edge of said hood terminating in a flat valley portion and an -upstanding lip, said valley portion resting. gupon and being secured to said transverse f bar and said lip and valley portion extend- E ing transversely of the body portion, a drinking pan seated in that part of the body f portion that is not covered by the hood, means for supplying water to the body portion, and a detent bar one end of which has frictional engagement over the front terminal flange of the body portion and the other ;end of which passes over the rear wall of 5 the drinking pan and under the transverse 1 bar, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A fountain tank, comprising, in combii nation with an elongated, rectangular conitainer having an open top with a terminal 3 flange; a supply pipe traversing one of the ends of the container and provided with a valve and a float; a supporting-bar disposed transversely of the container upon said flange; a rectangular drinking-pan having an intake aperture near the upper edge of its containing wall and adaptedto be re- 3 movably disposed within the container with one of its ends engaging the supportingbar; a strap adapted to be mounted upon the drinking-pan, with one of its ends in engagement with the terminal flange of the elongated container, its opposite end being in engagement with said supporting-bar; and a rectangular hood above the container,

said hood being secured near its edges to the supporting-bar and to the flange of the container.

3 A fountain tank, comprising, in combination with an elongated, rectangular container having an open top with a continu ous, flat, outwardly-projecting, terminal flange; a supply pipe traversing one of the ends of the container and provided with a valve and a float; a supporting-bar disposed transversely of and between the ends of the container upon said continuous flange; a rectangular drinking-pan having an apertu-red wall and adapted to be disposed within the container with one of its ends engaging and extending above the supportingbar; a rectangular hood formed with downwardly-inclined sides and ends and with flat, outWardly-proj-ecting, terminal flanges,

one of its terminal end flanges being formed with an upset portion forming a trough ex-- tending transversely of the container between said flange and the downwardly-inclined end of the hood.

4:. A fountain tank, comprising an eloncurved containing wall with a flat, outwardly projecting, downwardly inclined rim; a supporting-bar disposed transversely between the ends of the receptacle and bearing upon said rim; a conducting-pipe extending Within the receptacle and provided with a float valve; an elongated hood formedwith downwardly-inclined portions at its sides and ends, said side portions and an end portion of the hood having flat, outwardlyprojecting, downwardly-inclined flanges, the opposite end portion of the hood being provided with a horizontal flange with an upset terminal to form intermediate the downwardly-inclined end portion of the hood and said upset terminal, a transversely-disposed valley; said hood being disposed upon the receptacle, its inclined flanges registering with the inclined terminal rim thereof, its horizontal flange bearing upon said supporting-bar.

5. A fountain tank, comprising a receptacle rectangular in plan and formed with a continuous, flat, outwardly-proj ecting, downwardly-inclined, terminal flange; a supporting-bar disposed transversely between the ends of the receptacle and bearing upon said flange; a conducting pipe traversing the containing wall of the receptacle and provided with a float valve; a rectangular hood having downwardly-inclined wall portions at its sides and ends with flat, outwardlyprojecting flanges, one of the end flanges of said hood being upset to. form a barrier plate, and to form between the barrier plate and inclined portion a longitudinal gutter; said hood adapted to have a seating upon the receptacle with its outwardly-projecting flanges at its sides and one of its ends bearing upon the continuous flange of the receptacle, the flange upon its opposite end bearing upon said supporting-bar; a drinking pan removably seated in the receptacle adj acent to said barrier plate, said pan having an intake aperture formed in and near the upper edge of its containing wall; a detent bar mounted upon the receptacle and adapted to overhang a part of the drinking pan, and connected With said supporting-bars; and a plurality of keepers traversing the supporting-bar, the flanges of the hood and the flanges of said receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT N. EATON. Witnesses:

HIRAM A. S'rnnens, E. L. HUMPHREY.

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